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e-skills UK is the United Kingdom (UK)'s sector skills council for the IT industry. This industry is also described as "Business and Information Technology" or "IT & Telecoms." The not-for-profit organisation seeks to co-operatively address technology-related skills issues through evidence-based advice, services and programmes.〔 e-skills UK operates in the interests of employers for the purpose of ensuring that the UK is equipped to manage the worldwide digital marketplace. ==History== The UK IT industry is around 8% of the UK economy,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 IT & Telecoms Insights 2010 )〕 and covers 5.7% of the working population (IT and telecoms). 860,000 persons work in the IT industry itself, plus another approximately 680,000 persons who work in IT-related positions. "Continued adoption and exploitation of IT & Telecoms technologies could generate an additional £35 billion to the UK economy."〔 e-skills UK existed in name before 2003 as one of the National Training Organisations (NTO). Their website, (www.e-skills.com ), has existed since at least the year 2000. The National Training Organisations became the Sector Skills Councils (SSC) in April 2003. SSCs were started by the Sector Skills Development Agency, under the leadership of chief executive being Christopher Duff. The numbers of the organisations reduced to 23, and funding was increased. e-skills UK was one of the first Councils to be formed. e-skills UK was initially given a five year licence to be the SSC for the IT and Telecoms industry, under the leadership of Karen Price.〔 In March 2005 e-skills UK was one of four SSCs to publish their first Sector Skills Agreement, nailing down what they hoped to realistically achieve; the other councils to publish agreements at that time were the Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies (SEMTA), Skillset and ConstructionSkills. Some of e-skills UK's progress is highlighted below. Computer Clubs for Girls, or CC4G, began in South East England in 2002, designed to educate girls about the potential of technology. The pilot scheme started in 280 schools, with £2.8 million funding by SEEDA, and run by Melody Hermon. Computer Clubs for Girls was launched nationwide on 14 June 2005 for girls aged 10–14 at 3,600 schools, and cost £8.5 million. By 2006, around 1,000 schools had registered and 58,000 girls were in the scheme. In the 2006 Birthday Honours Karen Price, chief executive officer of e-skills UK, received an Order of the British Empire (OBE).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = University of Wolverhampton )〕 In 2009, e-skills UK was rated ‘outstanding’ in the process to re-license Sector Skills Councils.〔 In August 2009, e-skills UK developed a £5.6 million scheme with the Open University – called ''Vital'' – to keep school teachers up-to-speed with technology in a form of continuing professional development (CPD). Vital was launched at the annual BETT trade show. In February 2010 e-skills UK joined forces with Google and BT to form the Getting British Business Online project ((GBBO )). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「E-skills UK」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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